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OBLEANS, I.a.—Okla-
[ear and hot.
^featurday light rain-
5 Carolina coast with
wgtxefesslve heat over
|| Sunday light rain-
NEW YORK COTTON I
Open High Low Close P. C.j
Jan. 22.85 2:1.59 22.95 23 45 22.35,
Oct. 23.00 23.95 23.00 23.7 \ 22.00 1
Dee. 23.10 23.90 23.05 23.70 22.5*
11 A. M. Bids. January 22.33;
October 22.08; December 22.60.
NEW OKLEANS COTTON
Open High Low Close I*. C.
.Tan. 22.30 23.2-1 22.20 23.15 22.00 j
Oat. 22 27 22.38 22.35 23.14 21.97
Dec. 22 20 23.48 22.25 23.23 22.07
11 A. M. Bids: January 22.10; j
October 22.13; December 22.19.
CHICAGO GRAIN
Around Athens
With Col. T. Larry Gantt
k son.i: i i’11.01X0
e palntirg
artists
dated
1 their Vi
arh passing
Northeast
terested to l**«t
•11 subscription
Kl United States. Theo
St European situation
l^tmot get worse, so any
ft be for the better.
Sunday aft
gambling In
ATHENS COTTON
nn In a pine thicket
[hern Mniiufacturin;
face charges of
cor'lcr’s court.
h J. B. Slaton. J. W
IIokkh. H. li. Dray, Sherman Car
lisle, N«Ivin Alien, Will Brooks
and Charlie Boss.
Slaton and Boggs w«*r
tiling but wore nn1onk<|
asserted. AH but tlm late two
• gave cash bonds of $10 each pend-
- 'V" , , inn trial, ortioers T. A. Hart, J
Bfinl cotton market closeil | Q ^vatherteril and ftaiit Jackaon
» previous close of Sat-j nrroa(a
|He market closed Mon-
cent*, while the previous
EBft cents.
MARKET BULLETIN
f$0c gallon-
raring, 30c gallon.
Mutter, shelled, 15c pint.
Putt 2216 c gallon.
Me and 40c pound.
bj'5c pound.
»i0c bunch,
ft; 15c to 20c dozen,
japes, 5c and 15c each,
pi, 7c pound.
friers, 30c pound.
8c pound,
s. 12c pound.
27’lc dozen,
home cured. 25c pound.
, home cured, 16c pound,
home made, 16c pound.
. i pound.
, grpn, 25c gallon,
ocs,- Irish, 3He pound,
new sweet, 4c pound.
5c pound.
!, 3c pound.
a, 20c to 30c dozen,
c batket.
basket.
pflour, 4c pound.
■ quart.
• Athenians’ Child
Hurt By Automobile
Thn young child of Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Bowen, who live on King
slightly Injured in At
lanta Sunday when th.
rylng the child was knocked down
by a passing automobile, accord
ing to Information reaching Ath
ens Sunday night.
that Mr. nro* Mrs. Bow
n and the colored nurse were
valking across the street at F«
nyth and Luckfo streets when the
latter was hit by the automobtto
vhlch wont on '.vlthout stopping.
The baby was carried to tho hos
pital nnd found to be only bruUid
Monday morning ne pesponse
could ?»c had from telephone calls
to the Bowen homo hers, when It,
The Canton (lank nnd Trust com •
pany Is said to bo a young insti
tution with a capital of 1250,000
and a surplus of $62,000.
SHOO RATION
y a one-way street Is all
•us holes
places In Pulaski street
k from Dougherty to
re repaired. Thir
In bad condition
shaken up in
j: iiad tiie pieasui
at »ii«- Georgian ho
, of Spartanbi
was passing thn
Is a brother of yo
World War hero. >
■nn»|iicuoqplf in Fr;
covered with decorations,
killed In an automobile
Frank Holden rays hi* inti*
it Spartanburg to meet
White’s, relatives nnd
wreath upon his grave
of «??•>
When I
lltnins and far
rslfy crops, you an
farm land.i in this
In price by leap*
SOME FARMERS talking
other day said many darkeyi
an idea that they could not do
without tho negro, but this year
they will bo convinced of thtdr mis
take. There will bo more home-
raised supplies In the country
winter, than since Columbus land
ed at Cat Island.
WE TOOK A SPIN out In
country yesterday to look at crops
promising. Cot
ton is white with blooms and far
mers are putting on the poison. But
little "early corn was planted, and
which was fortunate, ns worms got
It. But late corn is doing welt and
the rains have brought It out. A
large pea crop has^ been planted
nnd It Is as fine ns the land
grow. It Is the same with sweet
potatoes nnd nil full crops. Farm
ers are still planting cow peas. If
the seasons hold out you are going
to see good times next fall. Don’t
take our word for this, but ride
out in the country and see
yourself. 1
MR. HUGH WHITE has
Whitehall what wo believe ia the
finest field of cotton in this
tlon. The stalks are laden with
grown bolls and blooms, lie fought
the boll weevil from start to fin
ish, using nil kinds of poison nnd
picking up squares. Mr. White is
one of our most progressive farm*
Aasoci&tii
jf John It.. Gordoi
that famous soldle
The subsoriptlor
General Gordon's
New* York, her soi
ind gri
don Bn
hrough Hugh H. Gordon who
irrote the following letter to nc-
ompuny the subscription:
rs»*lvcs fortunate
In having this opportunity of Join
ing the people of the South in
honoring the countless thousands
laid their all on the alia
the Southern Confederacy. Our
very best wishes are with you nnd
commltee in the wonderful
vork you have undertaken.”
On behalf of the association Hol
lins Randolph acknowledged the
subscription In a letter which sold
In part:
MONnAV. AT7GPST 8. til
Family of John
B. Gordon Honors
Soldier’s Memoir/ JjJI
Gift of $5,000 Made tJ _ ______
Stone Mountain Memor jjlQ CDlPiA DKQCCC
ial in Memory of Great Hu urLulnL iHuULu
Georgian. j
Continued From Page One)
{lane will be In*
that a founder*’
•f $',000 has been
Mountain Me-
by the family
In memory of
ind statesman.
was made by
Ion’s widow, now of
•r son, two daughter*
i. Mrs. Caroline Gor-
Irs. Frances Cordon
"All of us have an admiration
or your Illustrious grandfather
,*hleh is second only to the lovr
nd admiration you and your fnm-
ly so Justly entertain for him.
To was one of tho great outstand
ing flutters of that terrific conflict
md through the long sjtretch of
history his name will over be re-
d nnd applauded' where
the deeds of dauntless men nnd he-
•lc nnd brilliant soldiers nre dis
cussed. Not only was he n great
ind dauntless soldier, but ho was
t brilliant lender and a general ful
ly tho equal of any of his asso-
•iates. Not only as a soldier nnd
i general was ho great and glor
ious, but ns a private citizen ns
well: nnd, holding, ns he did, nil
the honors which the people of his
state, who loved him so wefl. could
passed on to his final'reward
with the people everywhere'in this
groat country acclaiming: 'Here
rorthy nnd well qual
ified.*
BECAME
GENERAL
‘This gift from his descendants
nnd from his honored wife, 1#*. ns
well know, a gift of love, in
memorlnm to him; nnd, in the snme
spirit which animated you to make
It, we accept it. Tils nnmo shall
be forever emblazoned In the beau
tiful memorial hall alongside the
oral train, which is bearing the
body of President Harding to
wards WVfchington.
FT) A It RAPIDS, Iowa.—Tho
)larding special, bearing the body
c the late chief executive east-
v ard toward the national capital,
p Hod into the Union Station here
> .nday morning at twelve min-
U os after ten o’clock. The train
U running twenty-two minutes
bihind schedule time.
M \RION
PREPARES
.CARTON, Ohio. — This little
_ - t the home of Warren Gam-
“Uali,1 Harding, twenty-ninth presi
de of the United States, who
left it eight years ago to begin
his service for his country was
Mot lay making preparations for
the homecoming of her son.
Ti funeral of tho president
whhii will he held here, so far as
it hr been possible to determine,
will be one of tho most impres-
sive ;n the history of tho country,
ranking with that of former I’m...
ident ltoosevclt as tho greatest.
Marion, mourning the death of
tho president, the man who
brought honor to his town and
made it known from one cnii of
the earth to the other, is prepar
ing to attend in a body, the exor
cises to 1.0 held in Washington,
immediately returning on siycial
trains to this city wher it will
mourn n private the death of her
greatest son.
Continue Action
On Moss Estate
Judge U. C. Orr held the August
term of Ordinary’s court Monday
morning and transacted regular
routine business.
By consent of ill parties Inter
ested action on resignation of Joht
D., Moss as executor of the estate
of h In father was continued unit I
September.
Miss Irene Culp was made ad*
ministratrix of the estate of Petei
Culp.
Mrs. A. J. Lester named in a sim
ilar capacity on the estate of A. J
Lester.
Thomas II. Dozier was named
administrator of the estate of Mrs
Martha M. Conway.
Ben H. Weatherly named admin
istrator of tho estate of W. H.
Weatherly.
Mrs. Amanda Nunnally was dis
missed as administrator of the es*
tate of Duke Hamilton.
Lula Virgil, widow, was granted
a year's support.
Mrs. Charlie Krumrfnq nnd J. K
Krumrlne were named guardians
of the children of Charlie Krum
rlne, deceased.
The will of Mrs. Susie Golding
Gerdlne was probated In solemn
form.
Dr. J. W. Lynch to
Become Professor
At Wake Forest
Hart County Men
Visit Ag. College
A large delegation of Hart coun
ty farmers visited the State Col
lege of Agriculture Monday for the
purpose of inspecting the farm and
various divisions.
Among those here from Hart
county were, D. C. Thornton, S
J. Brown, J»n IV’ Cobb, R. II
Burns, H. O. Cordell, John Cordell
Isham Powell, Colquitt Sanders,
and County Agent TI W. Bingham.
Exhibits Cotton ,
Stalk With Twelve j
Full Grown Bolls i
I
W. D. Reachnm, who owns r
farm near Athens, was exhibiting
a cotton stalk on tho streets Mon- 1
day morning that had twelve prnc- •
tlcally grown boolls on it, large,
enough to Immune from boUTj
weevil attacks.
Mr. Beaeham pulled this up front
a field or several acres and while
friends were looknlg at the speci
men stated that he found more
weevils Monday morning than at
any time during the entire year.
It Is agreed that this fs a danger-
,ous .month for cotton and the fields
have to be watched closely to keep
the Infestation down, especlnllj
with rains coming every day or
two.
■Where there Is a good stand
cotton thfit develops from fifteen
to twenty full bolls per stalk will
turn out a bale of lint per acre.
Most Clarke county farmers arc
using calcium arsenate in some
form or other this year and thr
average' of the cotton conditoin 1?
said to be better than Inst year.
mainly of real estate and ‘■tocks
of various natures, was left to her
children and grand children.
Thomas Gerdlne, her son, and
Miss Susie Gerdlne her daughter,
were made administrators and due
to the absence of Mr. Gerdlne, who
lives in California, he waived all
rights to Miss Gerdlne, who quali
fied.
Dr. J. W. Lynch, former pastor
of the First Baptist church nnd who
has his friends here by the hun
dreds, will go to Wake Forest
college, North Carolina, In Septem
ber to occupy the chair of Bible
there.
Dr. Lynch is an alumnus of Wake
Forest and in later years was col
lege pastor there, having spent
about fifteen years all told at the
college. Dr. Lynch Is one of the! The will of Mrs. Susie Golding*
most thorough Bible students in | Gerdlne, who died several weeks•
the entire South and his ndditonjago, was probated in solemn form |
to tho faculty of Wake Forest will'In the court of ordinary Monday {
mean n great deal to that college. J morning. The estate • consisting
Gerdine Will Is
Probated Monday
It’s Easy to Make
Good Cakes
Good batter cakes
as well as biscuits
are the rule with
Merry Widow
Self-Rising Flour,
because it is already
mixed with just the
proper amount of
E ure ingredients.
will save your
time as well as
money to use it
regularly.
FORD'S
tmwrn
Self-Rising Flour
After Every Meal
Ml the eoodness.
flavor and quality
that goes into
WRIGLEY'S at th£
factory (S KEPT IN
IT FOR YOU.
The sealed pack
age does that—You
break the seal.'
MU.. HANSON owns three fine
farms in Oconee and two in Clnrkc
county, lie says ho Is working
them mostly with white labor*nnd
hns fine prospects for a crop,
laid in a supply of calcium arsenate
nnd will keep up its use through
tho month. Ho is this week fin
ishing planting cow peas am! says
they will mature. lie never had
a finer prospect for a corn crop
nnd h!s cotton is taking on fruit
right along.
MR. CHARLIE HOWARD ol
Lexington, says he has one hun
dred bales of cotton stored with
Barrett & Co., t for which he re
fused forty five cents per pound
He hns not drawn n dollar on the
cotton but it is tied up with n
Charleston ,bhnk. Mr, Howard
says he has no fear about losing
his cotton but there wll be delay
nnd trouble about getlng control of
the bales.
A MOVEMENT Is being Inau
gurated to have a great farmes*
Day in Athens’ this month. It Is
proposedv to invite every farmer
nnd his family from all counties
within a radius of some fifty mile:
of the city, to spend the day with
us. It will be designated a “fried
chicken day,” and farmers will
furnish the fried chicken nnd th«
town folks the bread, cold drinks
etc. A chicken sale nnd poultry
exhibit will also be held nnd primer
given for the best dish of fried
chicken nnd best fowl display.
Music and other attractions will
be added. And to clinch the
canton our merchants will offer
special bargains for that occasion.
HERALD WANT ADS.
Too Late to Classify
LOST-BROWN SHAGGED bird
PUP. ten months old. Answers
to ifhme *tlNotify Phone
1683. Reward. a8p
FOR SALE — THIRTY WHITE
Leghorn pullets. Phone 610
after 8 p. m.
WANTED—MANAGER FOR Re
tail business, must come well
recommended and with a knowl
edge of general retail selling, in
cluding music, musical instru
ments, phonographs, etc. A good
connection for an ambitious, pro
gressive man. Answer in own
handwriting, giving experience
nnd with whom. Box 79, Athens,
Go. a8c
whose names will bo likewise there
nnd yours, ns the givers of this
beautiful gift, to the end that iin
numbered generations of the
distant future may know how bis
memory was revered in this time
by us and by yourselves."
At the outset of the War Re
tween the States General Gordon
enlisted as n private In a company
of North Georgia mountaineer:
known as the ’Raccoon Houghs,”
and out of the war he emerged ns
a lieutenant general, commanding
the left wing of Lee’s army at Ap-
pomntox, <•'
General Gordrtn after the war
twice elected Governor nnd
three times elected United States
senator, n record equalled by few
public men jin American history
nnd surpassed by none.
WILSON’S
RESPONSE
WASHINGTON. — Woodrow
Wilson, former president of the
United States, in a letter to Prcsi-1
dent Coolidge, Monday said that*
he “would esteem it a great honor)
to take part in the funeral prooes- *
sion for President Harding but
that his lameness made it imprac
ticable for him to attend the ex
ercises in the rotunda of the cap-
Thc letter, under date of Sun
day, was in response to one by
President Coolidge inviting him to
participate in the ceremonies for
the dead present.
FUNERAL PLANS
GIVEN OUT
WASHINGTON. — Work will
stop entirely at onq o’clock Tues
day when iho funeral train car-
rv’inir the body of former Presi-
nth.™ Of hi. comrnlira In nrm.. H arflne pull* into the sta-
tion here at the end of its long
" (journey from the Pacific coast.
Every federal building will re
main closed until the body of the
chief executive is laid to rest at
Maricn, Ohio, Friday.
Two presidents, Taft nnd Cool
idge. will be in the funeral pro
cession which follows the body of
Harding when it is taken from th*
East Room to lie in state at the
capitol. ^
New Bridge Over
Savannah Will Cut
Distance to N. C.
HARTWELL. Oa.—A movement
to build u new steel bridge over th<
Snvdnnh river connecting Hartwell j
with. Seneca and Pickens. «S. C.. U |
underway here. J. H. Skelton, 8 % j
and other progressive citizens arc )
ledding the movement.
Construction of the new bridgi !
wll lprovide n* shorter route toi
Ashevlll, N. C., which will be n
big boost to this route among the
tourists.
Boys and Girls
Begin Course At
State Ag College
Several hundred boys and girls
from over the stnte began a week's
course of Instruction at the State
College of Agriculture Monday
morning.
Mnny of the boys will camp near
the College during the week. The
beys and girls attending the short
course are winners of scholarships
Epting Arrested,
Is Charged With
Having Whiskey
Norhot W. KptlA wan arrested
early 8unday morning by the po
lice at his residence ' on Hobson
avenue. Kpting was charged with
disorderly conduct and violation of
the prohibition Law. He was re
leased tinder $225.00 cash bond
penuing appearance at the Record
er’s court Mondny night. Officers
C. A. Lester. 8. J. MedUn, W. J
Brittain, K. A Hale, J. P. Curry
suy they found a gallon or more oi
whiskey in the house.
Cut Price Tuesday
On Tomatoes At the
Curb Market Here
Athens housewives who want
to make catsup or prepare to
matoes any other way for the
winter will be given an oppor
tunity to l»uy all they want on
the Curb Market Tuesday at
five cents per pound.
The supply of tomatoes is be
yond the table demand at this
time but this ovemupply will
not last long. It Is pointed out.
Now is a fine chnnee to buy
them at a low prl<w and make
catsup or othr* condiment*.
Toftihtoes have he»n bringing _
nnd tow ii ijls- per‘
* pound. The price Tuesday may
.bo ns low ns they will go nnd
ay
Thornton’s
Dinner 50c
VeircUblo Soup
Old Fashion Chicken Pio
Green Cabbage
Boiled Irish Potatoes
Macaroni and Cheese
Muffins and Biscuits >
Bice Pudding, Cream Satcc*
Coffee, Tea or Milk
50 Cents
Supper 50c
Fried Chicken, Cream Gray
Hominy Grits
American Fried Potatoes
Boiled Onions
Hot Biscuit
Banana Pudding
Coffee, Tea or Milk
)
50 Cents
MONEY TO LOAN
We make loans on Jb>proved city
•rTl
low rata of
property
interest
H. 0. EPTING & CO.
S. W. ITsscry Jay II. Eptia*
Managers Loan I»ept.
Phone 1680. Holman Bldg.
VULCANIZING
We are onuinued Ht_gjye.yatt.
,BF&r service In tlrs and tuho re
pairing tn th* city.
ATHENS TIBB SERVICE CO.
J. II. I’oss, Prop.
1*2 W. llautiiU. . Phone U1C.
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Athens, Ga.
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